USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president of the United States just two hours after who was assassinated?
A
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
B
Robert F. Kennedy
C
John F. Kennedy
D
Franklin Roosevelt
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Kennedy-Johnson ticket won in the 1960 presidential election. Vice President Johnson assumed the presidency on November 22, 1963, after President Kennedy was assassinated.

Detailed explanation-2: -English: Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office aboard Air Force One at Love Field Airport two hours and eight minutes after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Dallas, Texas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Johnson’s tenure as the 36th president of the United States began on November 22, 1963 following the assassination of President Kennedy and ended on January 20, 1969. He had been vice president for 1, 036 days when he succeeded to the presidency.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sarah Tilghman Hughes (August 2, 1896 – April 23, 1985) was an American lawyer and federal judge who served on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She is best known as the judge who swore in Lyndon B. Johnson as President of the United States on Air Force One after John F.

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